Computational Science at University of Central Florida

Every computational science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computational science program at University of Central Florida stacks up to those at other schools.

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and approximately 71,881 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 41 students received their master's degree in computational science.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computational Science section at the bottom of this page.

UCF Computational Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Computational Science

UCF Computational Science Rankings

Computational Science Student Demographics at UCF

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computational science majors at University of Central Florida.

UCF Computational Science Master’s Program

Of the 41 students who earned a master's degree in Computational Science from UCF in 2020-2021, 54% were men and 46% were women.

In the computational science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 29% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Florida with a master's in computational science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	9
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Systems Theory
• Interdisciplinary Studies

Careers That Computational Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computational science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Professors	16,250	$61,440
Computer Workers	11,060	$78,900

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.